Further Reading (National Geographic - 1998):
Article |
Issue |
ACROSS THE ALPS IN A WICKER BASKET |
National Geographic January, 1963 |
ACROSS THE PACIFIC BY BALLOON |
National Geographic April, 1982 |
BALLOON KITTY HAWK ACROSS AMERICA |
National Geographic August, 1980 |
BRAVING THE ATLANTIC BY BALLOON |
National Geographic July, 1959 |
DOUBLE EAGLE II LEAPS THE ATLANTIC |
National Geographic December, 1978 |
LONGEST MANNED BALLOON FLIGHT |
National Geographic February, 1977 |
TRANSATLANTIC SOLO BY BALLOON |
National Geographic February, 1985 |
A WILD AND ILL-FATED BALLOON RACE, Paris 1983 |
National Geographic December, 1983 |
HOT AIR BALLOONS RACE ON SILENT WINDS |
National Geographic March, 1966 |
BALLOON RIDE TO THE EDGE OF SPACE |
National Geographic November, 1961 |
BALLOONING IN THE STRATOSPHERE |
National Geographic March 1933 |
FIRST COLOR PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE STRATOSPHERE |
National Geographic March, 1937 |
HELIUM, THE NEW BALLOON GAS |
National Geographic May, 1919 |
LABORATORY IN A DIRTY SKY, Project da Vinci |
National Geographic November, 1976 |
MANS FARTHEST ALOFT |
National Geographic January, 1936 |
STUDIES PLANNED FOR NEW STRATOSPHERE FLIGHTS |
National Geographic June, 1935 |
THE GEOGRAPHIC'S STRATOSPHERE EXPEDITION |
National Geographic April, 1934 |
THE LONG LONELY JUMP |
National Geographic December, 1960 |
THE SECOND STRATOSPHERE EXPEDITION |
National Geographic January, 1935 |
TO 76 000 FEET BY STRATOLAB BALLOON |
National Geographic February, 1957 |
TRAILING COSMIC RAYS IN CANADAS' NORTH |
National Geographic January, 1953 |
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December 1897 |
S. A. Andre. Swedish Polar Expedition by balloon |
March 1898 |
S. A. Andre. Swedish Polar Expedition by balloon |
August 1898 |
S. A. Andre. Swedish Polar Expedition by balloon |
July 1899 |
S. A. Andre. Swedish Polar Expedition by balloon |
September 1899 |
S. A. Andre. Swedish Polar Expedition by balloon |
December 1899 |
S. A. Andre. Swedish Polar Expedition by balloon |
May 1902 |
S. A. Andre. Swedish Polar Expedition by balloon |
April 1906 |
Walter Wellman, Polar Expedition by Airship |
December 1906 |
Walter Wellman, Polar Expedition by Airship |
July 1907 |
S. A. Andre. Swedish Polar Expedition by balloon |
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